Just an afternoon greeting from a friendly french fry.
Sometimes simple posts are nice.
I am working on a theme for next week. Also I just ate some curly friends of that guy, I hope he forgives me.
I hope everyone who reads this has a great week.
♥Lauren
Today is a very nice day in which we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
Some people get the day off.
Some cities throw parades.
Most people just think about how much better a place we live in now than when you could get harmed for believing in equality. And that all people are the same, even if they don’t look the same.
But I do not feel like I could properly draw a doodle to describe the importance of these celebrations.
And then Veronica inspired my by sharing with me another holiday of today that is much more easy to draw.
So while thusly celebrating the importance of MLK day… I bring to you the other holiday that happens today:
Penguin Appreciation Day:
So today when you are sitting back thinking about how amazing your life is right at this moment, because of all the things people in the past have done for us… please also think of a penguin.
Especially my brother who is so far up in Alaska that not even a penguin wants to be there.
♥Lauren
Today I want to share with you my most versatile present given to me this Christmas.
The pajamas my mother bought me.
You may say… Have you given up on life? How are pajamas the most versatile thing given to a girl who seldom wears pants and is usually coated in jewelry?
Well… Let me tell you. They are roughly 3 sizes larger than I usually wear. And I can comfortably fit 2 cats in them with me…
So basically now I have clothes that I can fit roughly 20 lbs of additional animal, and at least 1 cooler loaded to the brim with Dr. Pepper and protein bars.
While running around the house stuffing assorted pillows, animals, and pottery in there with me I realized they could provide me with a new type of lifestyle:
I can now camp across America in a very delightful way… the only thing is I need pajamas that are meant to fit on just a person too.
And don’t for one second think that I didn’t want to call friends and make a blanket fort town with this as it’s foundation.
♥Lauren
I am not a big New Years Eve person.
I don’t know why. I like to be sparkly, I like to drink. But I guess I like to do it on my own days and decisions.
But I do like to have a silly little at home party on NYE.
I will be looking forward tonight to doing some things I find irresistible.
Drinking.
Watching TV.
Wearing sparkly jewelry while doodling.
The only difficult thing that I have to say is that I have to choose between which of two shows to watch “Airwolf” or “Ally McBeal”?
Who shall I share the new year with?
Anyways I think my New Years resolution is to doodle more, and have more fun than ever before!
I hope you have a fun night and great next year too!
♥Lauren
I know I’m usually not the biggest Thanksgiving supporter… (Mostly because I think the decorations are boring.)
But today I’m going to say thanks to all the wonderful people who read this blog and like to eat turkey.
Even if you aren’t in America… I implore you to eat some turkey today.
And buy something for yourself online on Monday.
♥Lauren
I never really think the new year starts when January first comes around.
In fact I’m not really into New Years Resolutions in the typical sense.
I like to start them on my birthday because I feel that is the best time when I can set my goals and just see where I am the next year.
And then New Year’s is much less pressure… And it is just for wearing weird eyeglasses and drinking…. just like the Lord intended!
So let’s recap some of the things.
♥ That people from high school forget most things about you in 10 years and have created stories that are practically legends. Someone told me they remember me being banned from several Los Angeles hot spots and also having VIP parties at school. Which is totally untrue because I don’t believe in exclusivity– the parties were never exclusive.
♥Being really cheerful can get people to be really excited to see you. This weekend I went to a store I visit quite often and the workers sang me happy birthday.
♥Friends are really amazing. Thank your friends for being amazing if you read this. My friends were so sweet this weekend, but they are wonderful all the time so *hair flip* nothing is new about that.
♥For fabulous traveling hair wear a wig! I haven’t done it but it’s a great idea (thanks Cakes!):
♥Make sure the parking lot you park your car in is not locked at a certain time at night… and if so pray that the person you are with is a welder.
♥If something seems to good to be true… it probably is.
♥Only you can prevent forest fires make yourself happy. If you are depending on other people for this… you are going to have a bad time.
♥Ben Affleck may be an okay Batman, we should give him a chance.
♥Never write people notes on their car when you have drank too much.
♥Don’t waste your time with people who make you unhappy… instead spend time with the people who make you smile.
♥Always do your best even if you aren’t going to be noticed for it.
♥“Fenestration” means having windows… but it’s a horrid sounding word.
♥Bellydancing is probably the most fun I think I have had in a really long time, and it’s the best way to get rid of the stress of having to learn words like “fenestration.”
♥Also my coworkers think bellydancing is stripping… it is actually super not.
♥I’m going to buy that ukulele in Hawaii this year, and by this time next year I will be serenading people with it!
♥ I am going to take my Licensing tests… I already have a date set. This time it’s happening
♥I’m going to learn how to do my hair… I mean having messy bed hair is in now, but eventually I’m not always going to be able to get away with my charming hippy look. And some events need more than 1940s hot roller hair.
♥I will just keep on keeping on being comfortable with myself. It’s really just an amazing thing to be comfy and not so serious to think you can’t make fun of yourself.
♥I will lessen my gossiping. I heard some people gossiping a few weeks ago like serious, and all I could think is “I’m too old for this.”
♥I’m also going to travel more next year… I haven’t been anywhere in so long I feel actual wanderlust. BTW that means you Washington State ;)
Cheers to 28 and the next 365 days!
And thanks to everyone who comes here to see the doodles, and read my weird words… You are truly:
♥Lauren
On this Monday I would like to share something I have thought of.
Even in this sometimes dreary little world… We all kind of have magical powers.
Like moms seem to know everything you are up to… even in my ye olden 20s it’s totally true… My mom knows I’m pretty much always goofing off on the internet.
Thon seems to know how to fix anything technological while having hair identical to Jim Halpert.
My brother can create intricate and fantastic little figurines when he’s not surveying the majestic north of Alaska.
Amber is like a witch doctor of vitamins she has like an entire pharmacy in her purse.
Christine may know everything about all seasonings and wii games (this has come in handy many times).
Isabel makes tiny universes in petri dishes on a regular basis.
Nancy has this imagination that is out of this world.
My sister has the ability to accessorize like mad woman (this is really a gift.)
I mean we aren’t the Hulk or anything… but it’s all pretty cool when you think about it.
And if you were wondering about me, I think my ability to doodle would be my super power…
… but I would switch it with the ability to fly or teleport in a heartbeat.
Happy Monday
♥Lauren
This post needs very little words…
Except… “Thanks, Dad.”
Tell everyone you love that it’s Weird Al’s birthday.
♥Lauren
Happy Tuesday!
For some reason I felt super great today.
Like birds practically dressed me this morning.
I even went to work and was like pretty okay with the whole thing. Which is very rare since I have lately had the enthusiasm a quite uninterested ball of yarn.
I have not idea why I’m feeling so great on a Tuesday when I have a scratchy throat. I think it has something do with all the Keanu Reeves that has been placed in my life lately… or maybe because I get to go to my dance class tonight…
Anyways Today’s doodle is an anchor… maybe because of my mermaid dreams… or maybe because I really want to go to the beach.
I always feel bad for it during the fall and winter months… no one is really there. Everyone in California acts like we live in the arctic and it’s uninhabitable until next May. I actually prefer to go to the beach in the winter… there is no one ever there and I can just reflect on the vastness of it all… And I think the ocean just wants some attention. I plan on slipping on a sweater and heading out there some day after work:
Think about the ocean today… I swear it’s thought about you.
That’s not creepy… if it is listen to this song. It makes everything better:
♥Lauren
Viciously Sweet 